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Ghulam Ahmad Bilour

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician

Born
December 25, 1939
Age in 2026
87
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1939

About Ghulam Ahmad Bilour

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (Urdu: غلام احمد بلور; born 25 December 1939) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2018. He additionally served as Federal Minister for Railways twice and as Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development once. == Early life and education == Bilour was born in an old Hindko-speaking merchant family on 25 December 1939 in Peshawar, British India. He received his early education from Khudad Model School and Islamia School Peshawar, He then studied at Edwardes College. The Bilour belongs to a well-known and wealthy business family. He is popularly known as Haji Sahab in Peshawar. == Political career == Bilour participated in the election campaign of Fatima Jinnah in the 1965 Pakistani presidential election. He began his political career after joining the Awami National Party (ANP) in the 1970s, and was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1975. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1988 Pakistani general election from Constituency NA-1 (Peshawar-I), but was unsuccessful and lost the seat to Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao. However he re-ran for the seat in by-elections held following the 1988 and was elected to the National Assembly by winning it for the first time.

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The world when Ghulam Ahmad Bilour was born

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour was born in 1939. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1939

  • #1 song"Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland
  • Top movieGone with the Wind
  • Best-selling bookThe Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentLou Gehrig delivers his "Luckiest Man" farewell speech
  • Top headlineGermany invades Poland — World War II begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular television broadcasts in the US (NBC)
  • Defining fadThe Wizard of Oz mania
  • Notable inventionNylon stockings
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population130.9M

1939 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ghulam Ahmad Bilour's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19392026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,200$435,000
Average income$2,900$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population130.9M341 million

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